Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-12-31
THE NATIONS SCAPITAL.
Another Maine Post Office Squab-
BILE.
Sherman's Opposition to Lamar Not
Slowly but Surely Yielding"
BayaId's Fisheries Commission to Allow
Certain Points Of Dispute to
be Arbitrated
WAsHIxGroN. Dec. 80.

WAsHINGroS, Dec. so.
1t is stated that the government revenue
for the calendar year is 1882 900 900, com
pared to $3.50 900 600 for 1886. The re-
eeipts for December will approximate s29.-
100000. Expenditures. $4,000. 900.
Robert Hayden has been appointed post
master at Benton, Me.
Senator Cullom will introduce an amend
ment to his postal telegraph bill Immediately
after the reassembling of Congress, chang
ing rates named in the original bill, more
especially for the transmission of press mat
ter, and has concluded that there ought to be
no difference upon government lines between
service of like character rendered TO evening
and morning papers. He appreciates the
weight of reason which leads private CON-
pan.es to charge more for day than night
service, namely: the fact that the wires are
in greater demand for commercial messages,
at comparatively high rates, during the hours
from 10 A. NJ. to or 3 Z. NJ. But he be-
lieves that such reasons will not operate as
regards governmental lines, that the govern
ment should know no preferred patrons
like classes of business, or as TO the order of
transmission. The rates to be named in the
amendment and based on the unit of one hun
dred words or fractions thereof, are as fol-
lows: For 700 miles or less 25c. between
opO anu IooO Lilies, DUG. DttWetu lUOU
1900 miles 35c. between 1900 and 200O
miles 40c. between 2000 and 1000 miles 45c.,
and for over 5000 miles soc. When there
is more one copy of the same dispatch sent
to different papers in the same or different
Offices, the Post Master General is to pre-
scribe the rates to be charged for drop"
copies.
Representative Browne of Indiana member |
of the Ways and Means Committee, is pre-
pairing tariff bill which he proposes to sub
nit To his colleagues Oh the republican side |
of the house as substitute for any tariff |
bill the democrats may bring in. He thinks |
there is a chance of the democrats bringing |
in to the House such a tariff bill that repub-
licans could not afford to vote against it,
then whatever credit accrued would go to |
the democrats. He believes the republicans
should have bill of their own and then if |
the democrats adopt oae of the same sort the
republicans could claim they first made the
suggestion. The bill it is not quite ready.
He expects to complete it in time to present
it to his party friends and before the COM
mittee before the democrats have time to re-
port bill.
In character it will not differ widely from
what is liable to be taken by the democrats
as a compromise. He will propose repeal
of the tobacco tax, the entire duty ON
sugar salt and lumber, and to reduce the
duty on some grades of wool or probably
place coarser grades on the free list. His
aim will be to take the tax off articles enter
ing into every day consumption, as far as
possible without disturbing the needed pro-
lection.
BY mutual consent, the British plenipoten-
tiarles and the American commissioners have
agreed to postpone the date for reassembling
the fishery commission from the 4th to the
7th of January, to enable Mr.. Chamberlain
to hear from the British government regard
ing the proposals which he forwarded at the
time of the adjournment. Mr.. Chamberlain
has left Ottawa to attend the banquet ten
dercd him by the Toronto board of trade.
Before returning to Ottawa he will visit Nj
agara Falls. Chamberlain and Sir Chas.
Upper will come back from Ottawa empow-
cred to accept the proposition made by our
representative during the conference, to re-
fer to arbitration the two main questions at
issue, namely; First, whether Canada shall
give our fishing vessels the commercial
rights which we accord to their fishing YES
sells. and second, whether the three mile lin
1t shall follow the indentations of the shore.
1t is believed by Secretary Bayard and the
other American negotiators that these Ques-
tions would certainly be decided in our favor
by any arbitrators that might be selected.
Whether this speculation will prove true can
only be determined by the result. Certain
it is that to the time of the adjournment be-
fore the holidays, no progress had been made
by the conference.
A Star reporter questioned Senator Sher-
man this morning as to the grounds upon
w hich he would base his opposition to the
confirmation of Mr.. Lamar
kT 20
outside of executive session." he replied.
.'You see that carefully avoided entering
INTO the reasons in my letter to the Buckeye
Club. The subject had been much talked
about and my people felt deep interest in
It, 1t had been reported in Ohio that | was
going to vote for confirmation, SO l felt 1t
proper to tell them how | should vote. | do
not know how other senators may vote--if |
did | could not speak of it-but shall vote
a gainst his confirmation course people
all over the country are interested in the
matter. | don't know what those folks
(democrats) could have been thinking of.
There are enough reasons why he should not
be confirmed which force themselves upon
you without my discussion
The Oakland post-othce is the Maine
office ON which the democratic politicians are
their attention. just now. The
friends of the different cailuluates are send
ing letters and letters to the Department and
to Maine men here. 1t is known that the
President has not taken up the case, yet.
The State and county commissioners are gen
orally quoted as in favor of VIM. IL. Mac
Cartney, though some of the members have
endorsed Andrew ID. Libbey The friends
of BOTH however, have very kindly feeling
towards Mr.. Oresses Z. Croweil, and say
that his chief advantage lies in the fact that
he entered the field SO late.
Mr. Crowell had been an active organizer
for the party and has often been honored by
il through no seeking of his own. In 1884
he was on the county ticket for register of
probate, and in 1886, for register of deeds.
lie is now chairman of the b ard of select
men of the town and president of the Oak
land Electric Light Company. He is promi-
nent in a number in a number of secret So
ceties and is serving at the head of two of
them. Mr.. MacCartney is now member |
of the democratic town committee, and at
the recent organization of the kennebec |
county democratic club was made one of the !
vice presidents. The salary of the post |
master is Sll0o per year and the commission |
of Postmaster Benson expires Feb. 6.